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Banana Favorites: Paris FW Fall 2014
The “Ready to Wear” shows of the Fall/Winter ’14 season came to an end last week. As usual Paris FW had a lot of amazing shows. Let’s get to them.
BALENCIAGA
Alexander Wang put on a very interesting collection mixing knits, belts, zippers and leather. Structure was present of course but it shows that he had lots of fun with this collection.
NINA RICCI
Purple color had a lot of presence in this collection, going from pastel lilacs to deep -burgundy. This is a girl’s dream wardrobe for a trip. You’ve day looks (florals, maxi dresses and loose silhouettes) and then gowns for dinners in the city.
CHRISTIAN WIJNANTS
Personally I’m not too familiar with this line but I liked the simplicity and details of color and metallics.
ISABEL MARANT
Not my favorite Marant collection (the S/S ’14 was to die for) but I still liked it. I’m a fan what can I say. I found interesting how plaids and the olive color were still so strong in the fall collections this year. Apparently we’re not gonna stop seeing them.
CHRISTIAN DIOR
Tailored pieces with a masculine feeling but with rich colors. Another interesting thing about the Fall collections was to see color block again on the runways. I loved the way that Raf Simons updated classic shapes and gave them a modern twist in this collection. My favorites? The hot pink dress and the pink/red top and skirt!
CHLOÉ
The Chloé girl is always so polished and sophisticated. This season she added to her style bold prints and I loved it.
GIAMBATTISTA VALLI
Valli is definitely one of my favorite designers these days. I watched an interview about this collection and he said he had “enough of the menswear inspiration already” and he wanted to “design for a woman who was confident to dress in women’s clothes”. Well he delivered. Always right on point with the prints, colors and shapes. That last burgundy dress is SO gorgeous.
ELIE SAAB
A little but disappointed, I must say. The past collections were so amazing that this one felt short. I still liked these four dresses so I had to post them.
SAINT LAURENT
If I could choose a show to attend, Saint Laurent will be on my top list for sure. The label is the definition of glamour and rock & roll. Alex Turner from Arctic Monkeys and Miles Kane even sat at the front row. How cool is that? I love how Hedi Slimane incorporates glitter in his collections and bows as well. Add plaids and capes and it’s perfection. BTW, I’m seeing so many capes lately. I need one ASAP!!!
VALENTINO
Lots of 70s inspiration in the Fall runways too. As for Valentino? Beautiful as always. I really liked the versatility of this collection. Going from very bold prints with a retro feeling to delicate, elegant gowns that define the line.
ALEXANDER MCQUEEN
What a rich collection. Very ethereal. It’s like it came out of a children’s fantasy book. The white moon and stars dresses were my favorite!!! Amazing.
LOUIS VUITTON
This was Nicolas Ghesquière’s debut so the show was full of expectations. Marc Jacobs let me down in his last shows and in my opinion, Ghesquière did a great job. Very true to Fall fashion, the collection had a lot of suede, skins and leather. To me, it was as if Amelia Earhart would fly nowadays, these were the clothes she’d wear. A+
MIU MIU
I always have mixed feelings with Miu Miu. I appreciate originality and a fun collection but sometimes it’s too much. I liked the colors in this one and how she played with the knits and other fabrics. See? Color block again. I wonder if for Spring ’15 it will come back strong.
That concludes the ready to wear collections. Did your favorite made the Bananas’ list?
Mrs Carter Tour Outfits
This past Saturday I was lucky enough to watch Beyoncé live when her Mrs Carter World Tour made a stop in Puerto Rico.
Even though Alfon HATES her, I love her and I gotta say so does a lot of people and friends including my sister and some of my best friends with whom I saw the concert. We all know her music is awesome, her dance moves are sick and she’s a great singer but what stunned me the most, apart from the visuals, were her awesome costume changes.
Ranging from Emilio Pucci to Givenchy, Queen B gave us fashions to die for.
Here are some of the pieces she wore in PR.
Let’s start with my fave, the GIVENCHY outfit. An awesome cape that revealed a skintight bodysuit that could not fit her better was finished with some great booties and the accessory to kill all others, the hat with the ears. I WANT IT!
Another set, another skintight costume. This one was a lacy/brocade long sleeve gold number by RALPH & RUSSO. It reminds me of the decor in french palaces like Versailles.
One of my least favorites was the blue, Swarovski encrusted bodysuit she used 1+1. The one thing I loved about this VRETTOS VRETTAKOS creation was the way it sparkled when the lights hit it. SOOOO SPARKLY!!
Another of my favorites was this DAVID KOMA 2-piece outfit. The pattern for the top was inspired by brass musical instruments and it was paired with a patent leather half peplum skirt. This to me is one of the most wearable in real life and I feel like my sister would totally rock it.
One of her mist romantic and flowy outfit changes came courtesy of ALON LIVNE
At first I thought this fringed cocktail dress with the thigh high boots was by Balmain, but upon closer inspection, and some research, I found out it’s by EMILIO PUCCI. Same as the green leopard printed fringe dress that I loved.
And finally, she debuted this white ensemble in Puerto Rico so we can say we got something special! This was the outfit she chose to open the show and show us that she indeed had some hair to do her majestic hair flips, but does anyone know who the pieces are by?
Did you enjoy the concert?? What was your favorite look? Are you as bummed as I am that she didn’t perform “Grown Woman”? Sound off in the comments!